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W. G. TEMPLETON.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLlcATloN FILED nec. l. |911.

Patented Oct. 7,1919.

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W. G. TE'MPLETON.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED nc.1. 1917.

1,3 1 7,765. Patented Oct. 7, 1919.

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@traum qa W. G. TEMPLETON.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I. 1917.

1,317,765. Patented 0 t..7,1919.

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yWILLIAM G. TEMrLEToN, or `oonomiino Aeinemes,geotoianno.

' vnNnrNG-MACHINE.

Y Specification ef Letters Patent.

. YPatented,0015.i7 1,919.

Appncatign mea December 1, A1,917'. ,seal no. agrege.

-To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. TEMPLE- ToN, a c itize'nof the United States, Vresiding at Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, haveV invented ane-W .and useful Vending-jMachine, (Case `A,) yof which the'olloWing is a specilication.

This invention relates to vending machines, one of lits objects being to provide ajsimple and compact machine `formed of butfevv parts and which utilizes a delivering member of novel construction mounted Ytol Work about a substantially Vhorizontal delivery 'openingsof themaehine and, When in another position, constituting an actuating element for shiftingvth'e delivering member `from one position toanother.

A further object Yis to provide simple and eiiicient check controlledmeans for releasingthe deliverymember to permit actuation thereof, said means automatically locking Athe delivery member immediately lprior to the delivery ofanarticle Ifrom one side of the machine, thereby 'to prevent 'delivery of an article from the other side'of theam'achin'e unless a cheek of'pro'per value isinserted.

A lfurther object Vis to provide a delivery member which constitutes means ,for 'supporting the contentsof the magazine of the machine which operates easily kand `With practically no friction.

" ".W'ith the foregoing and other objects in VView Whieh vvillappear as thedescription proceeds, ythe-'invention resrdes inthe combination and arrangement'ofparts and in the details of `construction'hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changesfin the precise embodiment of theinventionherein disclosed, can be made Within the scope of' -what is claimed, Without departing from thesp'irit 'of the invention In the accompanying drawings ,the Vpreferred Aform of the invention hasy been shown.

j I n'said drawings Figure vl is a front elevation of a vvending machine lembodying the" presentA improve'- ments. l A

Fig. '2 is a section on line 2f2 of Fig. 1.

F ig. 3 isla seetion on ,linie of Fig. '2.

Fig. 4 is a 'section on I'line of Fig. "2.

Fig. 6 is anenlarged central .vertical fseeim through a portici of @in nahme .and showing the check' controlled locliing 'dog andadjacentparts. '4 i' d Fig. 7 is a perspective yView .of said locking Qg. Fig- 8 is a perspective view 'Qi thed'elirery member. i Y

Referring to the ti'gures by characters 0f rference l' dsisnatesafbase iiiiii is secured a casing 2, thfesidesof this cafsing being provided, at vthe `bottoni'thereef, vv'ith rearwardly projecting extensions 3i connected at their upper ends by topv 1plate Il A transverse partition V 5 also `conneets these side extensions 3 and'issubstantially line with the back .faeeof the easing f2,tli efside `wall extensions 3', top@ and partition 'cooperating@ ,forni amusing .for ftlieshfk controlledmechanisml A removable'elo'slfe .6 may be rievdsd .beek jef this housing.4

A removablerear panel 7 isinpnnted on the barile of the casin'gi-2fabove ai1d`-si1listn- .telly min ,with piniiithiisro sive accessy tothe interior ofthe casingf.'

Secured, to and extending vrearQvva'rdljf from the ,f1-'01a Wall 0f the @aange artesanal from the partiti-on v5 and Aintothefsp'aee'bd tween the side extensions 3.

A Vrin '1271s iiiriied in 'the V,afines y,11 close to the partitioiil `5 and under thefeheik supporting strip I10nd sewiidaiihisipa Y isfa bell crankdever 1 3 the lower armof which projects rearWardlyI beyond, the Wings l1 and is recessed, asat 14, t0 constitute'a check holder oisupport. The other arm of the lever 13=has a terminal iinger 15 which projects through an opening 16 in the partition 5 as shown particularly in Fig. 6.

Journaled in bearings '17 mounted on the basel betweenthe front of the casing 2 and the partition 5V is a shaft 18 which extends rearwardly through 4the partition 5.and between the side extensions 3. This shaft is located directly'under the space between the" partitions 8 and serves to support the delivery mechanism of the machine. VThis delivery mechanism includes a supporting plate 19 adapted to work close tothe lowerv ends of the partitions 8A and which has two wings 20 extending downwardly andsecured i' ,tothe shaft. v @ne of the'wings 20 has recesses"21 extending thereinto from opposite`V edges and either of which vis adapted to receivefthe stop finger 15, 1thus to limit the swinging movementof'the plate 19 and the rotation ofi/the shaft 1S. 'A weight 22 is ses Y cured between the wings 2O and extending under the plate 19 and'outwardly beyond the sides thereof are push devicesin the form of delivering trays 23 each of which terminates at ,its 4free end in an upwardly extending flange 24 to which is secured a closure plate .25., The deliveryl trays 23 convergeY upwardly and areadapted to work within the ,delivery openings 26. formed in the sides of the casing 2.v The platesv 25 are so proportioned that when one of the trays 23 is elevated or drawn into the casing 2, the plate 25 attached thereto will close the `opening into which said tray extends. A guard 27 is extended outwardly and downwardly. from the upper edge ofl each of the openings 26 and serves to prevent. access beinghad to any of the contents of the casing 2.

lt is to be understood that the Iplate 19 Aand the delivery trays 23 .are located diswinging movement and which is provided,at

oppositefsides, with coin receiving pockets 32 adaptedto bebrought successively into register with the space between the wings 11. VThese pockets areof such length asto move into position above the 'coin supporting end 14 of the lever 13. A Y l y Suitable means .maybe used for holding [the finger 15in lockingposition;l For example a. spring33 may connectthe partition l -5 with a finger 34extending radially from one end of the pin .This spring thus serves to yhold the finger 15 normally pressed into vtheopening 16 so as to be seated in one of the recesses 21 of the delivery mechanism.

Likewise the coin receiving portion 14 of the lever is held normally elevated close to and under one of the coin receiving pockets 32.

Under normal conditions the Ydelivery mechanism is so located'that the plate 19 is i to support articles in position where they cannot' escape through the adjacent opening 26, vwhile the articles in the other magazine restvup'on-one of the trays 23, the plate 25 connected to said .tray closing the opening 26 into which the' article supporting tray projects. The parts are held in this'position by the finger 15 .onlever13 projecting into' Ymounted .under oneof the magazines, thus Y one of the recesses 21. The weight 22 likewisel maintains the 'l parts in these positions by gravity. 4

v Whe i f irecv o remove an `ar i i nit sdes ltv tce from the machine a check or coin is inserted throughthe slot 9.a nd will roll along the strip 10 and between Ythe wings 11 soas to Vfall into the pocket 32 in line'therewith and thus be guided onto the portion 14 of` lever 13 and whichis located directly under `the pocket.V -The weight of thecoin or check .will be suiiicientto shift lever 13'so as to withdraw the finger 15V from the recess'21 Y in which it is located. By now pushing laterally upon the plate 25 on the end of the projecting push device vor tray23, the delivery member can beY swung laterally and the advancing edge of the plate '19' will thrust against the article resting on the cutwardly moving tray'23. Thus one of the articles'in one of the magazines will be carried outwardly with the tray through the opening 26 while the opposed tray which is being thrust inwardly will moveto position y' under the other magazine so as to receive the lowermostarticle therein.. The plate 19 moves from under one magazine to position under the other magazine as will be obvious. Justvprior to the arrival of the delivery mechanism atv the point wherel the. article` will be freeto 'be withdrawn from the machine, the finger'l moves into-'one ofthe recesses 21 thusto prevent return Vmovement of the delivery mechanism to itsinitialposition. Consequently becomes impossible, by manipulating the apparatus, to get more than one article by depositing one coin or n check. When vthe delivery mechanism begins to; move Yafter being unlocked, the meinber 31 also shifts so as tobringfanother coin pocket 32 into position in, line'with theJ base container winos 11. The outer wall 35 of eachy of the poc ets 32 extends downwardly to Y support a check on edge upon ,theportion of lever 13 and assoon asrmember 31 moves out of its extreme position the Vcheck lio Y will lose this support and fall olf ofthe lever into the space back of the closure 6.

Itwill be seen that a machine such as iso herein described is very simple, durable and compact and is advantageous because of the iew parts necessary in its construction. Vhile .it is useful for dispensing articles of different linds, it has been found especially advantageous a machine for dispensing boxes of matches.

Attention is called to the fact that the weight 22 serves to facilitate the operation of the mechanism, this Weight shifting the delivery mechanism to either limit of its movement as soon as said mechanism has passed its dead center.

What is claimed is l. A vending machine including a magazine having opposed outlet openings, a delivery member mounted to rock below the magazine and between said openings, said member constituting a support for articles within the magazine, and having oppositely extending trays movable within the respective openings, a closure carried by each tray, and means for automatically locking the delivery member against return movement during its rocking movement in either direction.

2. A vending machine including a magazine having opposed outlet openings, a member movaibly mounted under the magazine and between the openings, means for holding said member normally at either of its two limits of movement, trays extending from opposed portions of said memiber and into opposed openings, each of said trays constituting a push device for shifting the member from one limit of movement to the other, means carried by each tray for closing the opening in which the tray is mounted when said tray is at one limit of its movement and for supporting a delivered article when the tray is at the other limitof its movement, and means for automatically locking the member and trays against return movement while being moved toward either limit of their movement.

3. A vendingmachine including a magazine having opposed outlet openings, a member movably mounted under the magazine and between the openings, means for holding said member normally at either of its two limits of movement, trays extending from opposed portions of said member and into opposed openings, each of said trays constituting a push device for shifting the member from one limit of movement to the other and means carried by each tray for closing and opening in which the tray is mounted when said tray is at one limit of its movement and for supporting a delivered article when the tray is at the other limit of its movement.

A vending machine including a magazine having o-pposed outlet openings, push devices mounted to rock between and move within the respective openings and movable alternately to close their respective openings, each of said push devices constituting a delivery tray, means for locking the push devices when approaching either limit of their movement, and means for automatically completing the movement of said devices ater an initial impulse in either direction, and subsequent to the unlocking of the devices.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedv my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM G. TEMPLE'TON.

Vitnesses HERBERT D. LAWSON, IVY E. SIMPSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ive cents each, by addressing' the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

